%0 Journal Article
%A García García, Nuria
%A Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
%A Bermúdez de Castro, José María
%A Carbonell i Roura, Eudald
%A Rosas González, Antonio
%A Huguet Pamiès, Rosa
%T The Epivillafranchian carnivore Pannonictis (Mammalia, Mustelidae)from Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) and a revisionof the Eurasian occurrences from a taxonomic perspective
%D 2008
%@ 1040-6182
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/49564
%X Since the Early Villafranchian, the genus Pannonictis has been distributed in Eurasia from eastern China to the Iberian Peninsula.However, most of the finds of this large-sized mustelid are scant and fragmentary, resulting in a proliferation of names and uncleartaxonomic history. Pannonictis pliocaenica and ‘‘Pannonictis pilgrimi’’ from Villa´ ny-Kalkberg are here considered as the same species, thelatter being a synonym. The Asian representatives are among the most robust and present some anatomical differences. The recovery ofnew specimens from sites with well-known chronology and accurate stratigraphy is essential to clarify the taxonomic relationships amongthe several Plio-Pleistocene Pannonictis species described. The Sima del Elefante (Atapuerca, Spain) finds play a relevant role. Pannonictisnestii is a likely candidate as a last survivor of the genus, extending to the Late-Early Pleistocene. A review of the Eurasian occurrences ofPannonictis is presented, together with an attempt to establish a geographic and chronological picture of this genus that undoubtedlysurvived up to the Latest-Early Pleistocene. The Sardinian skull attributed to Enhydrictis ‘‘galictoides’’, is here placed as the only representative of this genus, and was likely confined to the Middle-Late Pleistocene in the Tusco-Sardinian paleobioprovince.
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